This site is made up of Pinner Hill Golf Course with the ancient Pinner Wood in its grounds. The course features a good variety of wildlife habitats, including the ancient wood, grassland and a number of ponds. Public access is restricted to a bridleway running across the golf course.
Local Wildlife Site
Accessible Sites of Importance for Nature Conservation
Pinnerwood Park and Ponds
Borough: Harrow
Grade: Borough Grade I
Access: Access on public footpaths only
Area: 52.14 ha
Description
Wildlife
Oak and ash dominate the canopy in the east of Pinner Wood, while further west hornbeam becomes the dominant tree. The shrub layer of holly and coppiced hazel is rather sparse. The ground flora includes broad buckler-fern, violets, pendulous sedge and field rose. Away from the woodland, the golf course roughs contain some diverse acid grassland, where both heather and the locally scarce devil's-bit scabious occur. The wetland areas on the course include a flood-alleviation basin as well as older, more established ponds. Great crested newts and grass snakes have been recorded in recent years. Yellow loosestrife and false fox-sedge occur in damp areas around the ponds.Facilities
Waymarked walking route (London Loop)
Devil’s-bit scabious © Mike Waite
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